Foot pedal for accelerators



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C. E. MOORE v FOOT PEDAL FOR ACCELEHATORS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May '3, 1923 ,gwn

Patented Apr. 8, i924.

UNITED STATES i Q 1,489,271 PATENT oFFIcE.

CLYDE E. ,MOORE, OF DETROIT, lllICI-IIGrAll",r ASSIGNOR OF TTO-FIFTHS` LEWIS BERNSTEIN, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

room PEDAL' ron AcoELERArons.

:Application led May 3,

To aZZ 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known vthat I,` CLYDE EfMooinfi, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foot Pedals for Accelerators, of which the following is a specification.

In carrying` out the present invention,

it is my purpose to p-rovide a foot pedal for the accelerators of automobiles, tractors, motor boats and the like, the primary object of the invention being the provision of such a device, wherein the foot of the l5 operator is entirely supported in a natural position.

The great disadvantage of oot accelerators with which I am now familiar is the fact that the heel of the yoperator is the only portion of the foot that has a rigid support which is a very tedious affair when taking long trips.

It will therefore be seen that an additional object of the invention is to overcome the above disadvantage and this in a novel and simple manner, my accelerator foot pedal being extremely simple of construe tion and inexpensive of manufacture, and of such a nature as to be readily applied to the foot boards of automobiles, tractors,

motor boats and the like.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detailed description is read in conneotion with the accompanying drawing, the invention residing in the construction, combination, and arrangement of lparts as claimed.

In the drawings forming? part of this application, like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and wherein:

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved device applied.

Figure 2 is a 'top plan view of the invention, per se.

Figure is a detail longitudinal cross section of the device, and

Figure l is a top pla-n view of the foot pedal supporting plate that is attached to the foot of the motor vehicle.

Referring to the drawings in detail and particularly to Figures 1 and 3, 5 designates the usual foot board of a motor vehicle, and 6 the accelerator rod of the gasoline engine,

1923. Serial No. 636,376.

it being of course understood that the foot board is provided with an opening for per mitting of the engagement of said rod the-rethrough. e

My invention per se, embodies the provision of a metallic plate 7 of suitable design, provided with opening 8 adjacent its opposite end for :the reception of screws or the like 9, whereby the same may be rigidly attached to said footy board 5. This plate 7 is further provided with an opening 10, for permitting of the passage of said accelerator rod 6 therethrough.

The plate 7 is formed substantially intermediate its ends with upwardly extending 70 ears 11 at its opposite sides and within these ears l1 are positioned pendent cars 12 of a foot pedal 13, and are suitably pivotally secured thereto as. at 14 in Figures 1 and 3.

As more clearly shown in Figure 2, this pedal 13 is shaped to the configuration of the bottom of ones foot, the top surface thereof being milled at 15, which will effectively prevent the casual disengagement of the foot from the pedal. n

The upper end of the accelerator rod 6 is loosely, pivotally secured at 16 to the foot pedal 13 at a point slightly forwardly of the pivotal connections between the foot pedal and plate 7. Between this pivotal connection 16 and a shoulder 17 formed within the opening 10 of the plate 7 is an expansion spring 18 that normally maintains the front end of the pedal 13 in an upwardly swung position.

The rear end of the plate 7 is formed with an upwardly extending abutment 19 for limiting the swinging movement of said foot pedal 13 in a certain' direction, and in view of the above description, it will at once be apparent that I have provided a highly novel form of accelerator foot pedal tha-t will answer all of the purposes above ascribed, and even though I have herein set 100 forth the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein, without departing from Ithe spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A foot pedal for accelerators including a base plate formed intermediate the ends U0 n. inerenti with a pair of upwardly extending ears land at the rear end with an upwardly eX- tending projection, a foot engaged plate having a central depending projection from the lower edge thereof positioned between the ears on said base plate, a pvot pin eX- tendingT through said ear and depending projections for pivotally mounting the foot engaged plate of the base plate, a projection depending from the foot engaged plate forwardly of the pivot thereof, an accelerator rod pivotally connected to the last mentioned projection and extending through an opening in the base plate and guided thereby in its movement, a coil spring mounted on said accelerator rod between the base plate and the foot engaging plate for normally forcing said foot engaging plate about its pivot to cause the rear end thereof to contact with the projection on the rear end of the base plate and said base plate being adapted at the forward end to engage the forward end of the footoperated plate for ,limiting the movement of said foot operated plate about its pivot.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature,

CLYDE E. MOORE. 

